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Deep Foreign Body Removal From the Foot

Colorado rates for HCPCS 28192

In this procedure, a doctor surgically removes an object such as a piece of glass, metal, or wood that has become lodged deep within the tissue of the foot. Because the object sits below the surface, this typically requires a more involved surgical approach than removing something just under the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Deep Foreign Body Removal From the Foot cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$389 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,380 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $741 to $8,511Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $324 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$525

AK $1,413UT $288

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.